Installing from versioned archives

The gcloud CLI provides downloadable, versioned archives for each release. Each versioned archive contains a self-contained installation of the gcloud CLI in a directory named google-cloud-sdk that can be copied to any location on your file system.

Best uses for installing from versioned archives

Versioned archives are designed for non-interactive installation of specific versions of the gcloud CLI and are useful when:

  • You require a specific version of the gcloud CLI. For example:

    • You're scripting with the gcloud CLI or another gcloud CLI component and want to make sure that your scripts don't break as the result of a gcloud CLI update.
    • You're using the gcloud CLI as part of a CI (continuous integration) process or production system where you want to control your dependencies in order to ensure compatibility between parts of the system.
    • You're performing automated deployments of the gcloud CLI to many machines that must be in sync.
    • You're behind a proxy or firewall that requires additional configuration to be able to access the internet.

  • You don't want to perform an interactive installation.

Installation instructions

To install the latest release of the gcloud CLI from a versioned archive:

  1. Check which version (64-bit or 32-bit) your OS is running on.

    • Linux / macOS: Run getconf LONG_BIT from your command line
    • Windows: Control Panel > System > System Type

    Additionally, for macOS, to check your machine hardware name (x86_64, arm64, or x86), run uname -m.

  2. Download the appropriate archive compatible with your version:

    Platform Package Size SHA256 Checksum
    Linux 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 149.9 MB 4ebee5d68283102673b97dabb1ffc069c8d2539693de2f96a60448aabb8afd37
    Linux 64-bit

    (Arm)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-arm.tar.gz 56.5 MB 8c6bd7e56a253d9353fa1381036e39f5424b72ccda475f076a38ffd8be5d1484
    Linux 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-linux-x86.tar.gz 56.6 MB 4434d0523791ec2cd9d614f087f87f15df3d58abe6454ae2d0fc6dbe7198077a
    macOS 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz 56.6 MB 819391042fe8ecb3f090d83ab9f26f89a78a1afe108d3f6bc2f2004442c33545
    macOS 64-bit

    (arm64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-arm.tar.gz 56.6 MB fef836141d2c45739e6ed602750f2eda7265c0206110e061bdf14d8a17f78481
    macOS 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-darwin-x86.tar.gz 55.1 MB 179abf3b5174d5d7662ede573031c7ffa1f3def162c2eea5919c07f33a4308d8
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86_64.zip 77.7 MB 50557967ae4a1f9f78ba030effefca243edaa7365d1a7310069fecdbba56d00a
    Windows 64-bit

    (x86_64) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-535.0.0-windows-x86_64-bundled-python.zip 101.1 MB 51236ad3c0506660864922b2e3dab885fe48563491f2b12ee5da6f5689b8bed9
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86)

    		 google-cloud-cli-windows-x86.zip 77.6 MB 5e38f007b865aa7f30233417e4aee292f045c963a319297ae7df445091e873cc
    Windows 32-bit

    (x86) with Python bundled

    		 google-cloud-sdk-535.0.0-windows-x86-bundled-python.zip 98.7 MB 84096b5d21d5f68e1378c7253d127cb4e03909e49daa64740abcf9c7d4dca479

  3. Extract the contents of the file to any location on your file system. Preferably, this is your Home folder.

  4. To add the gcloud CLI tools to your path, run the install script from the root of the folder you extracted. Running this script also generates instructions to enable command completion in your bash shell (Linux and macOS only) and enable usage reporting.

    • On Linux or macOS:

      ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh

      To run the install script with screen reader mode turned on:

      ./google-cloud-sdk/install.sh --screen-reader=true

    • On Windows:

      .\google-cloud-sdk\install.bat

    Run install.sh --help or install.bat --help for a list of flags you can pass to this script, including those that can run the installation non-interactively.

  5. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run gcloud init:

    • For Linux or macOS:

      ./google-cloud-sdk/bin/gcloud init

    • For Windows:

      .\google-cloud-sdk\bin\gcloud init

Previous versions

Previous versions of the gcloud CLI are available in the download archive in Cloud Storage. They are directly accessible through https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sdk-release/<archive_name>.